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This whole sham reeks of A&E trying to save face after their sick little pet project ratings went down the tubes. First of all, the awarding committee included a co-producer of the Remini series.

June 13, 2019

Dear Mr. McCarthy,

Leah Remini’s awful show was cancelled before the season even ended. So why on earth is the Broadcast Television Journalist’s Association giving her an “Impact” Award?

For promoting bigotry and violence against people of the Scientology religion? Great, then let’s give Impact Awards to Nazis and terrorists, if that’s all it takes these days.

This whole sham reeks of A&E trying to save face after their sick little pet project ratings went down the tubes. First of all, the awarding committee included a co-producer of the Remini series.

Remini’s show, which incited multiple hate crimes against the Church of Scientology, was deservedly cancelled when viewers tuned out en masse and its ratings tanked.

It was so bad, apparently, that the BTJA had to fabricate an award for them. The Impact Award that Remini won had no other nominees, was not a previously recognized award category, and obviously involved no “choice” at all. The whole thing is completely half-assed and Remini deserves zero praise.

Here are a few facts about Leah Remini’s actual “impact.”

She has filed false police reports which were almost immediately discredited by police.
She paid sources to come on her show and none of their claims were vetted. Her sources have admitted to lying under oath and have committed a perverse assortment of felonies including perjury, assault and sex crimes.
After one of her viewers made death threats and committed felony vandalism of a Church, she brought him on her show and praised him.
Her show has incited over 600 threats, hate crimes and acts of violence against Scientologists, including the murder of a Church staff member in Sydney, Australia.